City of Leeds New Year Meet & Training Changes

Hi all,

The City of Leeds New Year Meet is our first competition of 2025.  Good luck everyone who is competing.  This competition is the last opportunity to qualify for the Long Course Yorkshire Championships 2025.  A link to the qualifying times can be found below.

Yorkshire Long Course Championships 2025

We are delighted to be able to have 600 spectator tickets available. Once set up tickets will be £5 per session and can be purchased here.  Kids 12 and under go free. 

Gala timings are as follows:

SAT AM:

Arrival: 07:30 Open/Male, 07:55 Female

Warm Up:  08:00 - 08:50 (Start 09:00), 

08:00-08:25 Open/Male, 08:25-08:50 Female

SAT PM:

Arrival: 12:45 Open/Male, 13:10 Female

Warm Up:  13:00 - 13:50 (Start 14:00), 

13:00-13:25 Open/Male, 13:25-13:50 Female

SUN AM:

Arrival: 07:30 Female, 07:55 Open/Male

Warm Up:  08:00 - 08:50 (Start 09:00), 

08:00-08:25 Female, 08:25-08:50 Open/Male

SUN PM:

Arrival: 12:45 Female, 13:10 Open/Male

Warm Up:  13:00 - 13:50 (Start 14:00), 

13:00-13:25 Female, 13:25-13:50 Open/Male

Could we also ask clubs to please ensure their swimmers have suitable footwear on whilst walking around, particularly up and down the balcony steps and especially when wet. 

Our supporters committee will also have a raffle, tombola, sweets and ice pops to sell so bring some change if you want to partake.

As always, if there are any withdrawals please let us know by Friday 3rd January at 5pm the latest by emailing leedsentries@gmail.com.

The programme and details for next weekend can be seen by clicking the following link.

City of Leeds New Year Meet - Details

City of Leeds New Year Meet - Draft Programme

City of Leeds New Year Meet - Live Results

Regional Development & Regional Performance Training Changes

Friday 3rd January - 18:30 - 19:30 (Just 1 hour)

Saturday 4th January - No Training (Squad Competing)

Monday 6th January - No Am Training (Recovery)

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets.  He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head" (Emil Zatopek - Four time Olympic gold medallist)

Happy New Year!!!

The Regional Team

Club & Swim England Fees 2025 (Now Open)

City of Leeds Club membership & Swim England registration fees are due for 2025.  These can now be paid via your online City of Leeds account until Friday 31st January.

The deadline for payments will be January 31st.  Any swimmers who have not paid by 31st January will be removed from the Swim England register, this means they will not be able to train or compete. 

Anyone holding a Leeds Card Extra will be entitled to a 40% discount off club membership fees only.  

City of Leeds Club and Swim England fees for 2025 are as follows.  

 

• 1st child in family (£120 Club/ £40.05 SE)                              

£160.05 (LX Card = £112.05) 

 

• 2nd child in family (£70.00 Club/ £40.05 SE)                                      

£110.05 (LX Card = £82.05) 

 

• 3rd and further child in family (£45.00 Club/ £40.05 SE)                    

£85.05 (LX Card = £67.05) 

 

Photography 

City of Leeds SC reserves the right to take and/or publish images of club members by the club's official photographer(s) in accordance with the SE Photography and Photographing Swimmers Policy. 

 

If you do not wish your son/daughter/swimmer to be photographed, please notify the COLSC Child Welfare Officer in writing. Contact details can be obtained from the club's web site. 

Kind regards,

COLSC

A Team Above All, But Above All A Team

Kingston Upon Hull A/B Meet 2025

Entries for the Kingston Upon Hull A/B Meet held at Ennerdale Leisure Centre from 4th - 6th April are now open via your City of Leeds online accounts.

Entries will close at 21:30 on Monday 6th January

This meet is open to National Development (not attending Derby National Qualifier Meet), Regional Performance & Regional Development age years 9+ (Age at 6th April 2025).

Events Available

50m, 100m and 200m all strokes and 200m IM

10 yr – 15+ 400 Free and 400 IM

Swimmers are advised to enter events they currently do not already have NER and Yorkshire times in.

Swimmers must not have swum faster than the times in the meet pack.  Meet Pack can be found on the link below;

KUHSC Easter A/B Meet Apr 2025

To make entry into the competition

- Log into your online account using the link (https://swimleeds.myswimmingclub.uk/)

- On the Menu Bar click Gala's

- Click Enter Gala and follow the instructions

* Please note entries will not be accepted until payment is made, payment should be made on checkout.

Kind regards,

Leeds Entries Team

March Madness Entries

Hi all,

Entries for the March Madness Meet held at Ponds Forge on Sunday 2rd March are now open for entry online and will close at 9:30pm on Monday 6th January

This competition is not essential for all swimmers.  Swimmers only need to compete if

• You are too young to compete in the February Yorkshires
• You are really close to NER qualifying times

Competition open to swimmers aged 9+ (Age as at 3rd March 2025).  

This meet is Long Course and entries available will be 50's and 100's all strokes (not IM).

Below is a link to the information pack.  Swimmers must not have swum faster than the upper time limits found in the pack.

March Madness Meet Pack

Swimmers are advised to enter a maximum of 3 events per session.  

The Regional Team

Yorkshire SA Championships & Yorkshire SA Sprints Championships Entries 2025

Hi all,

Entries for the Yorkshire Championships will close at 21:30 on Monday 6th January.

The Yorkshire Championships is one of the biggest meets in the County and Regional Squads competition calendar and therefore swimmers should enter ALL races they have achieved a qualifying time in.  For some swimmers it may look like you have a lot of events to race, however the meet is spread across three weekends, so you won't have to swim everything all in one go.

PLEASE NOTE - SWIMMERS CAN ONLY ENTER AN EVENT IF THEY HAVE SWUM FASTER THAN THE QUALIFYING TIME BETWEEN 1st JANUARY 2023 and the 6th JANUARY 2025.

Remember to add on any events achieve qualifying times in at the New Year Meet. (Please do not pay if you intend to add events on after the New Year Meet as this will lock your account)

To make entry into the competition

- Log into your online account using the link (https://swimleeds.myswimmingclub.uk/)

- On the Menu Bar click Gala's

- Click Enter Gala and follow the instructions

* Please note entries will not be accepted until payment is made, payment should be made on checkout.

Converted times from short course are allowed.  Some of you may need to use the converter below to see if your short course times converted to long course are a Yorkshire Qualifying time.

Swimming Course Converter

Qualifiers can be viewed on the link below (swimmers with a tick box means they have qualified in that event; swimmers cannot enter events without a tick box)

City of Leeds Current Qualifiers 2025

Entry information can be found below

Please note, this competition is for swimmers aged 10 and over (Age at 31st December 2025)

Yorkshire SA Championships 2025 Schedule

Yorkshire SA Championships Qualifying Times

The Regional Team

Training Changes - January 2025

Hi all,

 

Please take note of the following changes to training for the Regional Squads during January due to pool bookings and competitions.

 

Regional Development

Friday 3rd January - 18:30 - 19:30 (Just 1 hour)

Saturday 4th January - No Training (Squad competing at City of Leeds New Year Meet)

Monday 6th January - No Am Training (Recovery)

Saturday 18th January - No Training for those swimmers competing in the Winter Development Meet.  06:20 - 07:50 for all other squad members (earlier time due to NER diving)

Friday 31st January - 18:30 - 19:30 (Just 1 hour)

Regional Performance

Friday 3rd January - 18:15 - 19:15 (Just 1 hour)

Saturday 4th January - No Training (Squad competing at City of Leeds New Year Meet)

Monday 6th January - No Am Training (Recovery)

Friday 31st January - 18:15 - 19:15 (Just 1 hour)

The Regional Team

400m Time Trial Results

Regional Development - 400m FS Time Trial Results Long Course (Thu 19th Dec Am) 

Liam Li = 6:20.45

Finley Sm = 6:36.63

Zac Ph = 6:48.63

Finnley Jo = 6:49.59

Eve HWo = 6:50.81

Fraser Ga = 6:52.85

Jacob Ca = 6:55.77

Danny Ra = 7:07.87

Lotty Ca = 7:26.10

Isabelle Jo = 7:28.81

Matilda SPr = 7:35.52

Emma Gl = 7:45.10

Junior League Parade Photos

Thanks to all that came down to support the Junior League parade 2024.

Winners 2024 - 335 Points

Best Female in Age Group

12 Years - Rosie Brogden

Meet Record

9Yrs - 4x25m Medley Relay = 1:11.81

(Reuben Barker, Noah Bedford-Collins, Adam Mohammed, Callum Young)

Cannon Trophy Winners 2024

Junior League Parade photos now online.  Please click the link below.

Junior League Parade 2024

'A Team Above All But Above All A Team'

Regional Crack the Christmas Cracker

There was some great racing from the Regional Squads at the Leeds Christmas Cracker, finishing 2024 in style. 

Regional Development achieved 135 Lifetime Bests out of 212 Swims, 39 Gold Medals, 22 Silver Medals, 23 Bronze Medals, 21 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2025 and 6 long course NER's.

🌟 Gold Medallists (12) 🌟

Liam Li (8), Reuben Ba (7), Isabelle Jo (6), Adam Mo (3), Isabella Hu (3), Callum Yo (2), Gracie Ha (2), Henry Pa (2), Matilda Pe (2), Zac Ph (2), Henry Ro (1), Matilda SPr (1)

Silver Medallists (13)

Henry Pa (4), Lily Ho (3), Matilda SPr (3), Isabelle Jo (2), Liam Li (2), Adam Mo (1), Callum Yo (1), Daisy Ra (1), George BWo (1), Henry Ro (1), Matilda Pe (1), Mustafa Ra (1), Reuben Ba (1)

Bronze Medallists (17)

Lily Ho (4), Jacob Ca (3), Fraser Ga (2), Adam Mo (1), Callum Yo (1), Emma Gl (1), George BWo (1), Gracie Ha (1), Henry Ro (1), Imogen Mu (1), Isabella Hu (1), Matilda SPr (1), Mustafa Ra (1), Onadi Gu (1), Reuben Ba (1), Sophie Pa (1), Zac Ph (1) 

Regional Development here are your updated times (Yorkshire times are highlighted in green/ NER's in red)

Regional Development Life Time Bests

Regional Performance achieved 201 Lifetime Bests out of 283 Swims, 18 Gold Medals, 20 Silver Medals, 10 Bronze Medals, 38 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2025 and 16 more NER's.

🌟 Gold Medallists (8) 🌟

Katie Sa (6), Harry Di (3), Adrian Ch (2), Lewis Lu (2), Oliver Ba (2), George Ri (1), Tyler Ra (1), Zach Wh (1)

Silver Medallists (7)

Adrian Ch (5), Oliver Ba (5), Katie Sa (4), Harry Di (2), Tomas Bi (2), Euan Ca (1), Tyler Ra (1)

Bronze Medallists (8)

Muhammad Ra (2), Zach Wh (2), Adrian Ch (1), Euan Ca (1), Finn Ea (1), Katie Sa (1), Oliver Ba (1), Tyler Ra (1)

Regional Development here are your updated times (Yorkshire times are highlighted in green/ NER's in red)

Regional Performance Life Time Bests

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below.

City of Leeds Christmas Cracker Results 2024

Well Done Everyone, enjoy Christmas and your well-earned break. 👍🙏

Try to attend as many sessions as possible over Christmas to give yourself the best possible chance of success in the New Year meet.  Remember this will be your last chance to qualify for the Yorkshire Championships 2025.

The Regional Team 😉

1500m Time Trial Results

Hi all,

Here are the results of the Regional Development 1500m time trial.  

Results - 12/12/2024

Well done to all swimmers that attended .

Results from past 1500's can be viewed by clicking the link below.

Regional 1500m Time Trial Results

The next 1500m for both squads will be held in May.

The Regional Team

			12/12/2024
Name	Surname	Group	Time	Av Pace	Time off/ on since last PB
Oliver Ba	Barker	RPER	21:10.06	01:24.67	(-) 30.35
Zach Wh	Whittaker	RPER	21:20.50	01:25.37	(-) 1:17.72
Henry Pa	Patterson	RDEV	22:06.37	01:28.42	(-) 1:25.91
Tyler Gr	Green	RPER	22:09.84	01:28.66	(-) 1:16.56
Euan Ca	Carmody	RPER	22:21.58	01:29.44	(-) 47.98
Harley Gi	Gill	RPER	22:30.37	01:30.02	First Time
Harry Di	Dixon	RPER	22:42.81	01:30.85	(-) 2:38.47
David Gr	Grigore	RPER	23:00.13	01:32.01	First Time
Isla Cu	Cundill	RPER	23:02.96	01:32.20	(-) 2:47.15
Katie Sa	Sadler	RPER	23:04.72	01:32.31	(-) 2:50.25
Liam Li	Li	RDEV	23:05.10	01:32.34	(-) 21.53
George Ri	Ricketts	RPER	23:22.95	01:33.53	(-) 50.33
Ted Wi	Wingfield	RDEV	23:25.22	01:33.68	(-) 1.19
Olive Mi	Mitchell	RPER	23:43.46	01:34.90	First Time
Oscar Ca	Calam	RPER	23:53.38	01:35.56	(-) 27.83
Theo Si	Sira	RDEV	23:54.12	01:35.61	First Time
Alana Ra	Rankin	RPER	24:08.85	01:36.59	(-) 1:04.57
Fion Ch	Cheung	RPER	24:32.86	01:38.19	First Time
Madeline Fl	Flaherty	RPER	24:40.49	01:38.70	(-) 1:47.34
Finley Sm	Smith	RDEV	24:42.72	01:38.85	First Time
Grace Ol	Oldham	RPER	24:43.71	01:38.91	First Time
Ayla Ca	Carry	RPER	24:49.35	01:39.29	First Time
Jessica Dj	Djiegoue	RPER	25:12.68	01:40.85	(-) 2:34.97
Lewis Lu	Lung	RPER	25:24.16	01:41.61	(-) 1:24.94
Finnley Jo	Johnstone	RDEV	25:35.98	01:42.40	First Time
Jude	Calvert	RPER	25:56.82	01:43.79	First Time
Adrian Ch	Chan	RPER	26:13.22	01:44.88	(-) 1:09.22
Nell Ha	Hargreaves	RPER	26:29.19	01:45.95	First Time
Adam Mo	Mohammed	RDEV	26:36.30	01:46.42	(-) 1:55.51
Matilda ShP	Sherley-Price	RDEV	27:07.31	01:48.49	First Time
Franchesca Sp	Spalding	RPER	27:18.06	01:49.20	First Time
Jacob Ca	Cawood	RDEV	27:24.52	01:49.63	First Time
Sophia La	Lange	RPER	27:52.84	01:51.52	First Time
George BeW	Beilby-Woodward	RDEV	28:39.10	01:54.61	First Time
Eden Ch	Chitura	RDEV	33:35.31	02:14.35	First Time